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Table 4 Continued acceptance of treatment in view of information on potential side effects

From: Determinants for acceptance of preventive treatment against heart disease – a web-based population survey

 

Continue to accept treatment despite side effects*

 

Accepting, n (%)

ORcrude

ORadj** (95%-CI)

Test for trend

Total

156 (42.7)

-

-

-

Gender

 

 p = 0.889

p = 0.832

 

 Male

84 (43.1)

(ref)

(ref)

-

 Female

72 (42.4)

0.97

0.95 (0.62, 1.47)

 

Age groups

 

 p = 0.205

p = 0.257

 

 40-44

18 (34.6)

(ref)

(ref)

pcrude = 0.838

 45-49

47 (51.7)

2.02

1.96 (0.96, 4.03)

padj = 0.960

 50-54

37 (41.1)

1.32

1.23 (0.60, 2.54)

 

 55-60

54 (40.9)

1.31

1.38 (0.70, 2.74)

 

Health status

 

 p = 0.804

p = 0.682

 

 Good/very good

95 (44.0)

(ref)

(ref)

pcrude = 0.577

 Fair

48 (40.3)

0.86

0.97 (0.43, 2.22)

padj = 0.458

 Poor/very poor

12 (41.4)

0.90

1.24 (0.59, 2.58)

 

Experience with heart disease

 

 p = 0.656

p = 0.609

-

 Yes, have or have had myself

14 (40.0)

(ref)

(ref)

 

 Yes, family member has had

34 (39.1)

0.96

0.81 (0.50, 1.31)

 

 No

103 (44.4)

1.20

0.86 (0.38, 1.97)

 

Price

 

 p = 0.402

p = 0.401

 

 DKK 100

69 (45.7)

(ref)

(ref)

pcrude = 0.725

 DKK 400

43 (37.7)

0.72

0.71 (0.43, 1.18)

padj = 0.705

 DKK 700

44 (44.4)

0.95

0.94 (0.56, 1.59)

 
  1. *Among the 365 (34.1%) subjects who originally accepted treatment.
  2. **Adjusted for gender, age (four groups), experience with heart disease, price.